12:17 PM,
Jun. 28, 2013

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Robert Sullivan | The (Richmond) Palladium-Item

A Richmond man claims a police officer who responded to an accident involving a young deer handed his loaded service weapon to a civilian to euthanize the badly injured animal.

Richmond police said an investigation is ongoing into the reported incident that Jerry Anderson said took place Saturday in front of his home in the 1500 block of Chester Boulevard. A report from Richmond Police states an officer did respond to an accident involving a deer just before 10 a.m. Saturday in the 1600 block of Chester Boulevard.

Anderson said the officer arrived at the scene after a young woman had struck the ...